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Employment Tribunals Act 1996

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[F12(1)Procedure Rules may provide for functions of the tribunal to be exercised by staff appointed under section 2(1) of the Courts Act 2003 (court staff) or section 40(1) of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (tribunal staff).

(2)In making provision of the kind mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) in relation to a function, Procedure Rules may (in particular)—

(a)provide for the function to be exercisable by a member of staff only if the member of staff is, or is of a description, specified in exercise of a discretion conferred by Procedure Rules;

(b)provide for the function to be exercisable by a member of staff only if the member of staff is approved, or is of a description approved, for the purpose by a person specified in Procedure Rules.

(3)A person may exercise functions by virtue of this paragraph only if authorised to do so by the Senior President of Tribunals.

(4)An authorisation under this paragraph—

(a)may be subject to conditions, and

(b)may be varied or revoked by the Senior President of Tribunals at any time.

(5)The Senior President of Tribunals may delegate to one or more of the following the Senior President of Tribunals’ functions under the preceding provisions of this paragraph—

(a)a judicial office holder;

(b)a person appointed under section 2(1) of the Courts Act 2003 or section 40(1) of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007.

(6)A person to whom functions of the Senior President of Tribunals are delegated under sub-paragraph (5)(b) is not subject to the direction of any person other than—

(a)the Senior President of Tribunals, or

(b)a judicial office holder nominated by the Senior President of Tribunals,

when exercising the functions.

(7)Subsections (3) to (5) of section 8 of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 apply to a delegation under sub-paragraph (5) as they apply to a delegation under subsection (1) of that section.

(8)In this paragraph, “judicial office holder” means—

(a)a judicial office holder within the meaning given by section 109(4) of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005, or

(b)the President of Employment Tribunals (Scotland).]

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